MANILA, Philippines — Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon expressed disbelief on Tuesday after President Rodrigo Duterte said the government could not assume liability for all COVID-19 vaccines purchased by the private sector.
Drilon noted it was Duterte himself who signed last month the COVID-19 Vaccination Program Act of 2021, which provides for a P500-million indemnity fund in case of death or possible adverse effects to those who received vaccine shots procured by government.
In his weekly address Monday night, however, Duterte said the government could not assume liability, and even went so far as to call it “illegal” to do so.
“Unbelievable,” Drilon said in a text…
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